1) List three important cities that are located in the Northern European Plain.
Moscow, Kiev, and St. Petersburg
2) What percentage of the region's population lives in this plain?
75%
3) What border do the Caucasus Mountains form?
The Black and Caspian Seas border
4) What are the two largest lakes in Central Asia?
Caspian Sea and Black Sea
5) How long is the Volga River?
2300 miles
6) Why is Lake Baikal important?
It has 20% of the world's fresh water
7) What are some of the resources that have been developed in Russia and the Republics?
Coal, iron ore, other metals, oil, natural gas, and 1/5 of the world's lumber
8) Why might extracting and transporting the region's resources be difficult?
In the winter it can be so cold you have to swap eyes while they thaw or the ground will be in a thick permafrost. In the summer the ice melts, creating clouds of mosquitos and black flies that attack people. Travel is also difficult and slow in Siberia.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Geography Review
1) Why can Europe be called a peninsula of peninsulas?
Europe itself is a peninsula and many of the countries off of it are peninsulas too
2) Where does the Danube flow?
It cuts through the heart of Europe west to east
3) What is the most important plain in Europe?
Northern European Plain
4) What resources does Europe have in abundance?
Coal and iron
5) Why do the Irish burn peat?
Ireland lacks energy resources
6) How are the landforms of Europe both an advantage and disadvantage?
They're an advantage because the block cold and make the land below warmer, and a disadvantage because it blocks transport
7) What is the North Atlantic Drift?
A current of warm water from the tropics, its warmth is picked up and carried over Europe. It's on the West coast
8) What parts of Europe benefit from the Mediterranean climate?
Spain, France through Italy, Greece, and the Balkan Peninsula
9) Why do trees not grow in upper Scandinavia?
The land is often in permafrost
10) What percentage of the Netherlands was once under the sea?
40% +
11) Why did Venice grow?
Refugees came to inhospitable islands and started building a town throughout the isles
12) What problems face Venice today?
They're sinking and water pollution
13) What actions have led to deforestation in Europe?
Trees being cut down for fuel, acid rain, and Venice's supports
14) Why was Ancient Greece important?
It had the first democracy
15) What are some of Rome's cultural legacies?
Many religions and languages came out of it
16) What were the crusades?
A series of wars to take the Holy Land from the Muslims.
17) How has Mediterranean Europe's economy changed since WWII.
It's main economy switched from agriculture to industry
18) Why are France and Germany the dominant countries of Western Europe?
An abundance of coal and iron led to the industrial revolution there first
19) How did language differences develop in Western Europe?
Romantic and Germanic languages evolved from the main languages being spoken throughout history
20) Why was the Berlin Wall built? When did it come down?
It was built to separate Communist Germany and Non-Communist Germany. It came down in 1989.
21) List the four sub-region of Europe. Be able to list the countries in each sub-region.
Mediterranean, Western, Northern, and Eastern
22) What is the history of Northern Europe?
Vikings plundered and conquered using the hit and run raid technique. They also had a series of tribes scattered.
23) What country in Northern Europe chose not to join the EU?
Norway
24) Where did the industrial revolution start?
Britain
25) Why has there been turmoil in Eastern Europe?
Cultural tension
26) What problems existed in the Eastern European economy under Communist rule?
Outdated technology, racism, and a lack of trade
27) How did the Reformation create new cultural divisions?
It led to a bunch of Christians branching off from the church and made the Protestant Church.
Europe itself is a peninsula and many of the countries off of it are peninsulas too
2) Where does the Danube flow?
It cuts through the heart of Europe west to east
3) What is the most important plain in Europe?
Northern European Plain
4) What resources does Europe have in abundance?
Coal and iron
5) Why do the Irish burn peat?
Ireland lacks energy resources
6) How are the landforms of Europe both an advantage and disadvantage?
They're an advantage because the block cold and make the land below warmer, and a disadvantage because it blocks transport
7) What is the North Atlantic Drift?
A current of warm water from the tropics, its warmth is picked up and carried over Europe. It's on the West coast
8) What parts of Europe benefit from the Mediterranean climate?
Spain, France through Italy, Greece, and the Balkan Peninsula
9) Why do trees not grow in upper Scandinavia?
The land is often in permafrost
10) What percentage of the Netherlands was once under the sea?
40% +
11) Why did Venice grow?
Refugees came to inhospitable islands and started building a town throughout the isles
12) What problems face Venice today?
They're sinking and water pollution
13) What actions have led to deforestation in Europe?
Trees being cut down for fuel, acid rain, and Venice's supports
14) Why was Ancient Greece important?
It had the first democracy
15) What are some of Rome's cultural legacies?
Many religions and languages came out of it
16) What were the crusades?
A series of wars to take the Holy Land from the Muslims.
17) How has Mediterranean Europe's economy changed since WWII.
It's main economy switched from agriculture to industry
18) Why are France and Germany the dominant countries of Western Europe?
An abundance of coal and iron led to the industrial revolution there first
19) How did language differences develop in Western Europe?
Romantic and Germanic languages evolved from the main languages being spoken throughout history
20) Why was the Berlin Wall built? When did it come down?
It was built to separate Communist Germany and Non-Communist Germany. It came down in 1989.
21) List the four sub-region of Europe. Be able to list the countries in each sub-region.
Mediterranean, Western, Northern, and Eastern
22) What is the history of Northern Europe?
Vikings plundered and conquered using the hit and run raid technique. They also had a series of tribes scattered.
23) What country in Northern Europe chose not to join the EU?
Norway
24) Where did the industrial revolution start?
Britain
25) Why has there been turmoil in Eastern Europe?
Cultural tension
26) What problems existed in the Eastern European economy under Communist rule?
Outdated technology, racism, and a lack of trade
27) How did the Reformation create new cultural divisions?
It led to a bunch of Christians branching off from the church and made the Protestant Church.
Monday, February 2, 2015
Review Questions
1) Where did the industrial Revolution begin and to where did it spread?
It began in the UK and spread to Belgium, France, Germany, then to the U.S.
2) What are some characteristics of governments in Northern Europe?
It's a parliament and it developed representative government
3) How did conquest influence the languages spoken in Northern Europe?
Many English words have French origins due to William the Conquerer of Normandy conquering Britain in 1066.
4) How did the industrial Revolution spur the growth of the British Empire?
It motivated Britain's empire building.
5) How did the Reformation affect Northern Europe?
It led to many religious wars between Christians and Protestants that tore Europe apart
6) Who are some important writers from Northern Europe?
Henrik Ibsen, Ingmar Bergman, and William Shakespeare
7) What Northern European country did not join the EU? Why?
Norway didn't join the EU because it didn't to lose any of its independence or economy
8) What was the Magna Carta? Why is it important?
It granted English nobles more rights in 1215 - it's important because it led to more people demanding their rights as well.
9) What are the countries of Northern Europe?
UK, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden
It began in the UK and spread to Belgium, France, Germany, then to the U.S.
2) What are some characteristics of governments in Northern Europe?
It's a parliament and it developed representative government
3) How did conquest influence the languages spoken in Northern Europe?
Many English words have French origins due to William the Conquerer of Normandy conquering Britain in 1066.
4) How did the industrial Revolution spur the growth of the British Empire?
It motivated Britain's empire building.
5) How did the Reformation affect Northern Europe?
It led to many religious wars between Christians and Protestants that tore Europe apart
6) Who are some important writers from Northern Europe?
Henrik Ibsen, Ingmar Bergman, and William Shakespeare
7) What Northern European country did not join the EU? Why?
Norway didn't join the EU because it didn't to lose any of its independence or economy
8) What was the Magna Carta? Why is it important?
It granted English nobles more rights in 1215 - it's important because it led to more people demanding their rights as well.
9) What are the countries of Northern Europe?
UK, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden
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